Rotary Club, Robin Hood Army donate food to 15,000 people

Sakal Times

Thursday, 17 August 2017

Rotary Club of Park Street President Vijay Matnani said this was their club’s first social initiative after its formation a few weeks ago. It was supported by Sunil Adwani and Rishi Adwani. They plan to establish a food bank soon

Pune: The Rotary Club of Park Street, in association with the Robin Hood Army (RHA) Pune chapter, donated food to 15,000 slum dwellers from Kaspate Vasti and Wakad.

Rotary Club of Park Street President Vijay Matnani said this was their club’s first social initiative after its formation a few weeks ago. It was supported by Sunil Adwani and Rishi Adwani. They plan to establish a food bank soon.

The food donation was part of the RHA’s mega drive to feed one million people across India on Independence Day and to mark its third foundation day.

The RHA Pune chapter serves around 1,000 meals per week. “A normal day for a Robin volunteer is a call from a wedding caterer at around 9.30 pm asking to be ready for an expected surplus and at about 10 pm, we visit the venue and arrange to collect surplus food in our steel containers. These containers are then taken to the railway station and bus stand area, where food is served to street vendors, pavement dwellers and poor,” according to an office-bearer.